Delayed semi-persistent scheduling harq-ack with physical uplink channel repetition

ABSTRACT

Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for multiplexing of overlapped uplink channel transmission repetitions are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may determine whether a first subset of a first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions overlaps with a downlink transmission and determine whether to transmit a second subset of the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions when the first subset overlaps with the downlink transmission. In some aspects, the second subset includes one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions that do not overlap with the downlink transmission. The UE may transmit, to a base station over an uplink channel, a second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions having the first subset and the second subset of the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions when the second subset is determined to be transmitted. Thus, the reliability of uplink repetitions can be increased.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application claims the benefit of Greece Patent Application SerialNo. 20200100648, entitled “DELAYED SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING HARQ-ACKWITH PHYSICAL UPLINK CHANNEL REPETITION” and filed on Oct. 27, 2020,which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication, andmore particularly, to techniques for delayed semi-persistent schedulinghybrid automatic repeat request (HARD)-acknowledgment (ACK) withphysical uplink channel repetition.

Introduction

Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide varioustelecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging,and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employmultiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication withmultiple users by sharing available system resources. Examples of suchmultiple-access technologies include code division multiple access(CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequencydivision multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency divisionmultiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency divisionmultiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous codedivision multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems.

These multiple access technologies have been adopted in varioustelecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enablesdifferent wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national,regional, and even global level. An example telecommunication standardis 5G New Radio (NR). 5G NR is part of a continuous mobile broadbandevolution promulgated by Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) tomeet new requirements associated with latency, reliability, security,scalability (e.g., with Internet of Things (IoT)), and otherrequirements. 5G NR includes services associated with enhanced mobilebroadband (eMBB), massive machine type communications (mMTC), andultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC). These improvementsmay also be applicable to other multi-access technologies and thetelecommunication standards that employ these technologies.

SUMMARY

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects inorder to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary isnot an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intendedto neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nordelineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is topresent some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as aprelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In uplink repetitions, two PUCCH sequences may overlap with one anotherover at least one slot (e.g., in a slot-based procedure). A userequipment (UE) may be configured to transmit physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) in a set of symbols, and the UE may detect a dynamicgrant (e.g., downlink control information (DCI) 2_0) indicating a subsetof the set of symbols as a downlink data transmission or other flexibledownlink signaling. In other examples, the UE may detect other types ofDCI (e.g., DCI 1_0/1_1/0_1) indicating channel state informationreference signal (CSI-RS) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ina subset of the set of symbols. In some approaches of facilitatinguplink repetitions, after some processing time (e.g., about two symbolsfrom end of DCI) to decode the DCI associated with the PDSCH, forexample, the UE may cancel (or drop) the PUCCH from the subset ofsymbols. In some examples, in the case of a PUCCH repetition, the UE mayonly cancel the PUCCH repetition overlapped with a DG PDSCH. In someaspects, the UE may avoid SPS HARQ-ACK dropping for time division duplex(TDD) due to a potential PUCCH collision with at least one downlinksymbol or flexible symbol. In some aspects, a dropped SPS ACK/NACKsignal due to a dynamic slot format indication (SFI) or dynamic grant(DG), a semi-static TDD can be retransmitted by the UE.

As described above, when an SPS-based uplink repetition carryingHARQ-ACK information overlaps with a DG PDSCH, the uplink repetition isdropped. However, this approach in handling overlapped uplinkrepetitions with SPS HARQ-ACK information requires additional resourcesto retransmit downlink data when a dropped uplink repetition carries SPSHARQ-ACK information.

The subject technology provides for delaying transmission of uplinkrepetitions, including both dropped and remaining uplink repetitions. Inthis regard, the subject technology increases the efficiency andreliability of uplink repetition transmissions by facilitating the delayof overlapped uplink repetitions with SPS HARQ-ACK information.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium,and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatusis configured to determine whether a first subset of a first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions overlaps with at least a portionof a downlink transmission. The apparatus is also configured todetermine whether to transmit a second subset of the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions when the first subset overlaps with theat least a portion of the downlink transmission, in which the secondsubset includes one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions thatdo not overlap with the downlink transmission. The apparatus is alsoconfigured to transmit, to a base station over an uplink channel, asecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions comprising thefirst subset and the second subset of the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions when the second subset is determined to betransmitted, in which the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions does not overlap with the downlink transmission.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium,and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a base station. Theapparatus is configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE) over adownlink channel, a first downlink transmission comprising aconfiguration indicating a request to retransmit a first subset of afirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions that overlaps withat least a portion of a second downlink transmission. The apparatus isalso configured to receive, from the UE over an uplink channel, a secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions comprising the firstsubset of the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions and asecond subset of the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions, the second subset comprising one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions that do not overlap with the second downlinktransmission, in which the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions does not overlap with the second downlink transmission.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or moreaspects comprise the features hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the claims. The following description andthe annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative featuresof the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, ofbut a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspectsmay be employed, and this description is intended to include all suchaspects and their equivalents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communicationssystem and an access network.

FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D are diagrams illustrating examples of a first5G/NR frame, DL channels within a 5G/NR subframe, a second 5G/NR frame,and UL channels within a 5G/NR subframe, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station and userequipment (UE) in an access network.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an uplink repetitionsequence with a dropped repetition, in accordance with some aspects ofthe present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmitted uplinkrepetition sequence, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example of a transmitted uplinkrepetition sequence, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a single transmitteduplink repetition, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a single transmitteduplink repetition in view of a processing time, in accordance with someaspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmitted uplinkrepetition sequence with extended repetition pattern, in accordance withsome aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dropped uplinkrepetition sequence in view of an expiration time, in accordance withsome aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a process of wireless communication forretransmission of overlapped uplink channel transmission repetitions ata user equipment, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a process of wireless communication forretransmission of overlapped uplink channel transmission repetitions ata base station, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardwareimplementation for an example apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardwareimplementation for an example apparatus.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appendeddrawings is intended as a description of various configurations and isnot intended to represent the only configurations in which the conceptsdescribed herein may be practiced. The detailed description includesspecific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understandingof various concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled inthe art that these concepts may be practiced without these specificdetails. In some instances, well known structures and components areshown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.

Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented withreference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methodswill be described in the following detailed description and illustratedin the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits,processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements”).These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computersoftware, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements areimplemented as hardware or software depends upon the particularapplication and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

By way of example, an element, or any portion of an element, or anycombination of elements may be implemented as a “processing system” thatincludes one or more processors. Examples of processors includemicroprocessors, microcontrollers, graphics processing units (GPUs),central processing units (CPUs), application processors, digital signalprocessors (DSPs), reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processors,systems on a chip (SoC), baseband processors, field programmable gatearrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), state machines, gatedlogic, discrete hardware circuits, and other suitable hardwareconfigured to perform the various functionality described throughoutthis disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system mayexecute software. Software shall be construed broadly to meaninstructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code,programs, subprograms, software components, applications, softwareapplications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects,executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whetherreferred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardwaredescription language, or otherwise.

Accordingly, in one or more example embodiments, the functions describedmay be implemented in hardware, software, or any combination thereof. Ifimplemented in software, the functions may be stored on or encoded asone or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium.Computer-readable media includes computer storage media. Storage mediamay be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way ofexample, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise arandom-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electricallyerasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), optical disk storage, magnetic diskstorage, other magnetic storage devices, combinations of theaforementioned types of computer-readable media, or any other mediumthat can be used to store computer executable code in the form ofinstructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communicationssystem and an access network 100. The wireless communications system(also referred to as a wireless wide area network (WWAN)) includes basestations 102, UEs 104, an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) 160, and anothercore network 190 (e.g., a 5G Core (5GC)). The base stations 102 mayinclude macrocells (high power cellular base station) and/or small cells(low power cellular base station). The macrocells include base stations.The small cells include femtocells, picocells, and microcells.

The base stations 102 configured for 4G LTE (collectively referred to asEvolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) TerrestrialRadio Access Network (E-UTRAN)) may interface with the EPC 160 throughfirst backhaul links 132 (e.g., S1 interface). The base stations 102configured for 5G NR (collectively referred to as Next Generation RAN(NG-RAN)) may interface with core network 190 through second backhaullinks 184. In addition to other functions, the base stations 102 mayperform one or more of the following functions: transfer of user data,radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, headercompression, mobility control functions (e.g., handover, dualconnectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection setupand release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS)messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network(RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriberand equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging,positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations 102 maycommunicate directly or indirectly (e.g., through the EPC 160 or corenetwork 190) with each other over third backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2interface). The first backhaul links 132, the second backhaul links 184,and the third backhaul links 134 may be wired or wireless.

The base stations 102 may wirelessly communicate with the UEs 104. Eachof the base stations 102 may provide communication coverage for arespective geographic coverage area 110. There may be overlappinggeographic coverage areas 110. For example, the small cell 102′ may havea coverage area 110′ that overlaps the coverage area 110 of one or moremacro base stations 102. A network that includes both small cell andmacrocells may be known as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneousnetwork may also include Home Evolved Node Bs (eNBs) (HeNBs), which mayprovide service to a restricted group known as a closed subscriber group(CSG). The communication links 120 between the base stations 102 and theUEs 104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link)transmissions from a UE 104 to a base station 102 and/or downlink (DL)(also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station 102to a UE 104. The communication links 120 may use multiple-input andmultiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatialmultiplexing, beamforming, and/or transmit diversity. The communicationlinks may be through one or more carriers. The base stations 102/UEs 104may use spectrum up to Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, etc. MHz)bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to atotal of Yx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in eachdirection. The carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other.Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL(e.g., more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL). Thecomponent carriers may include a primary component carrier and one ormore secondary component carriers. A primary component carrier may bereferred to as a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carriermay be referred to as a secondary cell (SCell).

Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using device-to-device(D2D) communication link 158. The D2D communication link 158 may use theDL/UL WWAN spectrum. The D2D communication link 158 may use one or moresidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel(PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physicalsidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel(PSCCH). D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2Dcommunications systems, such as for example, WiMedia, Bluetooth, ZigBee,Wi-Fi based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) 802.11 standard, LTE, or NR.

The wireless communications system may further include a Wi-Fi accesspoint (AP) 150 in communication with Wi-Fi stations (STAs) 152 viacommunication links 154 in a 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum. Whencommunicating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the STAs 152/AP 150may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating inorder to determine whether the channel is available.

The small cell 102′ may operate in a licensed and/or an unlicensedfrequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum,the small cell 102′ may employ NR and use the same 5 GHz unlicensedfrequency spectrum as used by the Wi-Fi AP 150. The small cell 102′,employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage toand/or increase capacity of the access network.

A base station 102, whether a small cell 102′ or a large cell (e.g.,macro base station), may include and/or be referred to as an eNB, gNodeB(gNB), or another type of base station. Some base stations, such as gNB180 may operate in a traditional sub 6 GHz spectrum, in millimeter wave(mmW) frequencies, and/or near mmW frequencies in communication with theUE 104. When the gNB 180 operates in mmW or near mmW frequencies, thegNB 180 may be referred to as an mmW base station. Extremely highfrequency (EHF) is part of the RF in the electromagnetic spectrum. EHFhas a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz and a wavelength between 1 millimeterand 10 millimeters. Radio waves in the band may be referred to as amillimeter wave. Near mmW may extend down to a frequency of 3 GHz with awavelength of 100 millimeters. The super high frequency (SHF) bandextends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz, also referred to as centimeter wave.Frequency range bands include frequency range 1 (FR1), which includesfrequency bands below 7.225 GHz, and frequency range 2 (FR2), whichincludes frequency bands above 24.250 GHz. Communications using themmW/near mmW radio frequency (RF) band (e.g., 3 GHz-300 GHz) hasextremely high path loss and a short range. Base stations/UEs mayoperate within one or more frequency range bands. The mmW base station180 may utilize beamforming 182 with the UE 104 to compensate for theextremely high path loss and short range. The base station 180 and theUE 104 may each include a plurality of antennas, such as antennaelements, antenna panels, and/or antenna arrays to facilitate thebeamforming.

The base station 180 may transmit a beamformed signal to the UE 104 inone or more transmit directions 182′. The UE 104 may receive thebeamformed signal from the base station 180 in one or more receivedirections 182″. The UE 104 may also transmit a beamformed signal to thebase station 180 in one or more transmit directions. The base station180 may receive the beamformed signal from the UE 104 in one or morereceive directions. The base station 180/UE 104 may perform beamtraining to determine the best receive and transmit directions for eachof the base station 180/UE 104. The transmit and receive directions forthe base station 180 may or may not be the same. The transmit andreceive directions for the UE 104 may or may not be the same.

The EPC 160 may include a Mobility Management Entity (MME) 162, otherMMES 164, a Serving Gateway 166, a Multimedia Broadcast MulticastService (MBMS) Gateway 168, a Broadcast Multicast Service Center (BM-SC)170, and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway 172. The MME 162 may be incommunication with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 174. The MME 162 isthe control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 andthe EPC 160. Generally, the MME 162 provides bearer and connectionmanagement. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets are transferredthrough the Serving Gateway 166, which itself is connected to the PDNGateway 172. The PDN Gateway 172 provides UE IP address allocation aswell as other functions. The PDN Gateway 172 and the BM-SC 170 areconnected to the IP Services 176. The IP Services 176 may include theInternet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS StreamingService, and/or other IP services. The BM-SC 170 may provide functionsfor MBMS user service provisioning and delivery. The BM-SC 170 may serveas an entry point for content provider MBMS transmission, may be used toauthorize and initiate MBMS Bearer Services within a public land mobilenetwork (PLMN), and may be used to schedule MBMS transmissions. The MBMSGateway 168 may be used to distribute MBMS traffic to the base stations102 belonging to a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN)area broadcasting a particular service, and may be responsible forsession management (start/stop) and for collecting eMBMS relatedcharging information.

The core network 190 may include a Access and Mobility ManagementFunction (AMF) 192, other AMFs 193, a Session Management Function (SMF)194, and a User Plane Function (UPF) 195. The AMF 192 may be incommunication with a Unified Data Management (UDM) 196. The AMF 192 isthe control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 andthe core network 190. Generally, the AMF 192 provides QoS flow andsession management. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets aretransferred through the UPF 195. The UPF 195 provides UE IP addressallocation as well as other functions. The UPF 195 is connected to theIP Services 197. The IP Services 197 may include the Internet, anintranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a Packet Switch (PS)Streaming (PSS) Service, and/or other IP services.

The base station may include and/or be referred to as a gNB, Node B,eNB, an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station,a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS),an extended service set (ESS), a transmit reception point (TRP), or someother suitable terminology. The base station 102 provides an accesspoint to the EPC 160 or core network 190 for a UE 104. Examples of UEs104 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiationprotocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), asatellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, avideo device, a digital audio player (e.g., MP3 player), a camera, agame console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, anelectric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, ahealthcare device, an implant, a sensor/actuator, a display, or anyother similar functioning device. Some of the UEs 104 may be referred toas IoT devices (e.g., parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heartmonitor, etc.). The UE 104 may also be referred to as a station, amobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit,a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, awireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriberstation, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, aremote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, orsome other suitable terminology.

Referring again to FIG. 1 , in certain aspects, the UE 104 may includean uplink repetition retransmission component 198 that is configured todetermine whether a first subset of a first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions overlaps with at least a portion of a downlinktransmission. The uplink repetition retransmission component 198 is alsoconfigured to determine whether to transmit a second subset of the firstset of uplink channel transmission repetitions when the first subsetoverlaps with the at least a portion of the downlink transmission, inwhich the second subset includes one or more uplink channel transmissionrepetitions that do not overlap with the downlink transmission. Theuplink repetition retransmission component 198 is also configured totransmit, to a base station over an uplink channel, a second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions comprising the first subset andthe second subset of the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions when the second subset is determined to be transmitted, inwhich the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions does notoverlap with the downlink transmission.

Referring still to FIG. 1 , in certain aspects, the base station 102/180may include an uplink repetition retransmission configuration component199 that is configured to transmit, to a user equipment (UE) over adownlink channel, a first downlink transmission comprising aconfiguration indicating a request to retransmit a first subset of afirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions that overlaps withat least a portion of a second downlink transmission. The uplinkrepetition retransmission configuration component 199 is also configuredto receive, from the UE over an uplink channel, a second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions comprising the first subset of thefirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions and a second subsetof the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions, the secondsubset comprising one or more uplink channel transmission repetitionsthat do not overlap with the second downlink transmission, in which thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions does not overlapwith the second downlink transmission.

Although the following description may be focused on 5G NR, the conceptsdescribed herein may be applicable to other similar areas, such as LTE,LTE-A, CDMA, GSM, and other wireless technologies.

FIG. 2A is a diagram 200 illustrating an example of a first subframewithin a 5G/NR frame structure. FIG. 2B is a diagram 230 illustrating anexample of DL channels within a 5G/NR subframe. FIG. 2C is a diagram 250illustrating an example of a second subframe within a 5G/NR framestructure. FIG. 2D is a diagram 280 illustrating an example of ULchannels within a 5G/NR subframe. The 5G/NR frame structure may befrequency division duplexed (FDD) in which for a particular set ofsubcarriers (carrier system bandwidth), subframes within the set ofsubcarriers are dedicated for either DL or UL, or may be time divisionduplexed (TDD) in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carriersystem bandwidth), subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicatedfor both DL and UL. In the examples provided by FIGS. 2A, 2C, the 5G/NRframe structure is assumed to be TDD, with subframe 4 being configuredwith slot format 28 (with mostly DL), where D is DL, U is UL, and F isflexible for use between DL/UL, and subframe 3 being configured withslot format 34 (with mostly UL). While subframes 3, 4 are shown withslot formats 34, 28, respectively, any particular subframe may beconfigured with any of the various available slot formats 0-61. Slotformats 0, 1 are all DL, UL, respectively. Other slot formats 2-61include a mix of DL, UL, and flexible symbols. UEs are configured withthe slot format (dynamically through DL control information (DCI), orsemi-statically/statically through radio resource control (RRC)signaling) through a received slot format indicator (SFI). Note that thedescription infra applies also to a 5G/NR frame structure that is TDD.

Other wireless communication technologies may have a different framestructure and/or different channels. A frame (10 ms) may be divided into10 equally sized subframes (1 ms). Each subframe may include one or moretime slots. Subframes may also include mini-slots, which may include 7,4, or 2 symbols. Each slot may include 7 or 14 symbols, depending on theslot configuration. For slot configuration 0, each slot may include 14symbols, and for slot configuration 1, each slot may include 7 symbols.The symbols on DL may be cyclic prefix (CP) OFDM (CP-OFDM) symbols. Thesymbols on UL may be CP-OFDM symbols (for high throughput scenarios) ordiscrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbols (alsoreferred to as single carrier frequency-division multiple access(SC-FDMA) symbols) (for power limited scenarios; limited to a singlestream transmission). The number of slots within a subframe is based onthe slot configuration and the numerology. For slot configuration 0,different numerologies 0 to 4 allow for 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 slots,respectively, per subframe. For slot configuration 1, differentnumerologies 0 to 2 allow for 2, 4, and 8 slots, respectively, persubframe. Accordingly, for slot configuration 0 and numerology μ, thereare 14 symbols/slot and 2^(μ) slots/subframe. The subcarrier spacing andsymbol length/duration are a function of the numerology. The subcarrierspacing may be equal to 2^(μ)*15 kHz, where μ is the numerology 0 to 4.As such, the numerology μ=0 has a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz and thenumerology μ=4 has a subcarrier spacing of 240 kHz. The symbollength/duration is inversely related to the subcarrier spacing. FIGS.2A-2D provide an example of slot configuration 0 with 14 symbols perslot and numerology μ=2 with 4 slots per subframe. The slot duration is0.25 ms, the subcarrier spacing is 60 kHz, and the symbol duration isapproximately 16.67 μs. Within a set of frames, there may be one or moredifferent bandwidth parts (BWPs) (see 2B) that are frequency divisionmultiplexed. Each BWP may have a particular numerology.

A resource grid may be used to represent the frame structure. Each timeslot includes a resource block (RB) (also referred to as physical RBs(PRBs)) that extends 12 consecutive subcarriers. The resource grid isdivided into multiple resource elements (REs). The number of bitscarried by each RE depends on the modulation scheme.

As illustrated in FIG. 2A, some of the REs carry reference (pilot)signals (RS) for the UE. The RS may include demodulation RS (DM-RS)(indicated as R_(x) for one particular configuration, where 100× is theport number, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) and channelstate information reference signals (CSI-RS) for channel estimation atthe UE. The RS may also include beam measurement RS (BRS), beamrefinement RS (BRRS), and phase tracking RS (PT-RS).

FIG. 2B illustrates an example of various DL channels within a subframeof a frame. The physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carries DCIwithin one or more control channel elements (CCEs), each CCE includingnine RE groups (REGs), each REG including four consecutive REs in anOFDM symbol. A PDCCH within one BWP may be referred to as a controlresource set (CORESET). Additional BWPs may be located at greater and/orlower frequencies across the channel bandwidth. A primarysynchronization signal (PSS) may be within symbol 2 of particularsubframes of a frame. The PSS is used by a UE 104 to determinesubframe/symbol timing and a physical layer identity. A secondarysynchronization signal (SSS) may be within symbol 4 of particularsubframes of a frame. The SSS is used by a UE to determine a physicallayer cell identity group number and radio frame timing. Based on thephysical layer identity and the physical layer cell identity groupnumber, the UE can determine a physical cell identifier (PCI). Based onthe PCI, the UE can determine the locations of the aforementioned DM-RS.The physical broadcast channel (PBCH), which carries a masterinformation block (MIB), may be logically grouped with the PSS and SSSto form a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH block (also referred to as SSblock (SSB)). The MIB provides a number of RBs in the system bandwidthand a system frame number (SFN). The physical downlink shared channel(PDSCH) carries user data, broadcast system information not transmittedthrough the PBCH such as system information blocks (SIBs), and pagingmessages.

As illustrated in FIG. 2C, some of the REs carry DM-RS (indicated as Rfor one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations arepossible) for channel estimation at the base station. The UE maytransmit DM-RS for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and DM-RSfor the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The PUSCH DM-RS may betransmitted in the first one or two symbols of the PUSCH. The PUCCHDM-RS may be transmitted in different configurations depending onwhether short or long PUCCHs are transmitted and depending on theparticular PUCCH format used. The UE may transmit sounding referencesignals (SRS). The SRS may be transmitted in the last symbol of asubframe. The SRS may have a comb structure, and a UE may transmit SRSon one of the combs. The SRS may be used by a base station for channelquality estimation to enable frequency-dependent scheduling on the UL.

FIG. 2D illustrates an example of various UL channels within a subframeof a frame. The PUCCH may be located as indicated in one configuration.The PUCCH carries uplink control information (UCI), such as schedulingrequests, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrixindicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), and hybrid automatic repeatrequest (HARD) ACK/NACK feedback. The PUSCH carries data, and mayadditionally be used to carry a buffer status report (BSR), a powerheadroom report (PHR), and/or UCI.

In uplink repetitions, two PUCCH sequences may overlap with one anotherover at least one slot (e.g., in a slot-based procedure). A UE may beconfigured to transmit PUCCH in a set of symbols, and the UE may detecta dynamic grant (e.g., DCI 2_0) indicating a subset of the set ofsymbols as a downlink data transmission or other flexible downlinksignaling. In other examples, the UE may detect other types of DCI(e.g., DCI 1_0/1_1/0_1) indicating CSI-RS or PDSCH in a subset of theset of symbols. In some approaches of facilitating uplink repetitions,after some processing time (e.g., about two symbols from end of DCI) todecode the DCI associated with the PDSCH, for example, the UE may cancel(or drop) the PUCCH from the subset of symbols. In some examples, in thecase of a PUCCH repetition, the UE may only cancel the PUCCH repetitionoverlapped with a DG PDSCH. In some aspects, the UE may avoid SPSHARQ-ACK dropping for TDD due to a potential PUCCH collision with atleast one downlink symbol or flexible symbol. In some aspects, a droppedSPS ACK/NACK signal due to a dynamic SFI or dynamic grant (DG), asemi-static TDD can be retransmitted by the UE. As described above, whenan SPS-based uplink repetition carrying HARQ-ACK information overlapswith a DG PDSCH, the uplink repetition is dropped. However, thisapproach in handling overlapped uplink repetitions with SPS HARQ-ACKinformation requires additional resources to retransmit downlink datawhen a dropped uplink repetition carries SPS HARQ-ACK information.

The subject technology provides for delaying transmission of uplinkrepetitions, including both dropped and remaining uplink repetitions. Inthis regard, the subject technology increases the efficiency andreliability of uplink repetition transmissions by facilitating the delayof overlapped uplink repetitions with SPS HARQ-ACK information.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a base station 310 in communication with aUE 350 in an access network. In the DL, IP packets from the EPC 160 maybe provided to a controller/processor 375. The controller/processor 375implements layer 3 and layer 2 functionality. Layer 3 includes a radioresource control (RRC) layer, and layer 2 includes a service dataadaptation protocol (SDAP) layer, a packet data convergence protocol(PDCP) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a medium accesscontrol (MAC) layer. The controller/processor 375 provides RRC layerfunctionality associated with broadcasting of system information (e.g.,MIB, SIBs), RRC connection control (e.g., RRC connection paging, RRCconnection establishment, RRC connection modification, and RRCconnection release), inter radio access technology (RAT) mobility, andmeasurement configuration for UE measurement reporting; PDCP layerfunctionality associated with header compression/decompression, security(ciphering, deciphering, integrity protection, integrity verification),and handover support functions; RLC layer functionality associated withthe transfer of upper layer packet data units (PDUs), error correctionthrough ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC servicedata units (SDUs), re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering ofRLC data PDUs; and MAC layer functionality associated with mappingbetween logical channels and transport channels, multiplexing of MACSDUs onto transport blocks (TBs), demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs,scheduling information reporting, error correction through HARQ,priority handling, and logical channel prioritization.

The transmit (TX) processor 316 and the receive (RX) processor 370implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signalprocessing functions. Layer 1, which includes a physical (PHY) layer,may include error detection on the transport channels, forward errorcorrection (FEC) coding/decoding of the transport channels,interleaving, rate matching, mapping onto physical channels,modulation/demodulation of physical channels, and MIMO antennaprocessing. The TX processor 316 handles mapping to signalconstellations based on various modulation schemes (e.g., binaryphase-shift keying (BPSK), quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK),M-phase-shift keying (M-PSK), M-quadrature amplitude modulation(M-QAM)). The coded and modulated symbols may then be split intoparallel streams. Each stream may then be mapped to an OFDM subcarrier,multiplexed with a reference signal (e.g., pilot) in the time and/orfrequency domain, and then combined together using an Inverse FastFourier Transform (IFFT) to produce a physical channel carrying a timedomain OFDM symbol stream. The OFDM stream is spatially precoded toproduce multiple spatial streams. Channel estimates from a channelestimator 374 may be used to determine the coding and modulation scheme,as well as for spatial processing. The channel estimate may be derivedfrom a reference signal and/or channel condition feedback transmitted bythe UE 350. Each spatial stream may then be provided to a differentantenna 320 via a separate transmitter 318TX. Each transmitter 318TX maymodulate an RF carrier with a respective spatial stream fortransmission.

At the UE 350, each receiver 354RX receives a signal through itsrespective antenna 352. Each receiver 354RX recovers informationmodulated onto an RF carrier and provides the information to the receive(RX) processor 356. The TX processor 368 and the RX processor 356implement layer 1 functionality associated with various signalprocessing functions. The RX processor 356 may perform spatialprocessing on the information to recover any spatial streams destinedfor the UE 350. If multiple spatial streams are destined for the UE 350,they may be combined by the RX processor 356 into a single OFDM symbolstream. The RX processor 356 then converts the OFDM symbol stream fromthe time-domain to the frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform(FFT). The frequency domain signal comprises a separate OFDM symbolstream for each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. The symbols on eachsubcarrier, and the reference signal, are recovered and demodulated bydetermining the most likely signal constellation points transmitted bythe base station 310. These soft decisions may be based on channelestimates computed by the channel estimator 358. The soft decisions arethen decoded and deinterleaved to recover the data and control signalsthat were originally transmitted by the base station 310 on the physicalchannel. The data and control signals are then provided to thecontroller/processor 359, which implements layer 3 and layer 2functionality.

The controller/processor 359 can be associated with a memory 360 thatstores program codes and data. The memory 360 may be referred to as acomputer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 359provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packetreassembly, deciphering, header decompression, and control signalprocessing to recover IP packets from the EPC 160. Thecontroller/processor 359 is also responsible for error detection usingan ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

Similar to the functionality described in connection with the DLtransmission by the base station 310, the controller/processor 359provides RRC layer functionality associated with system information(e.g., MIB, SIBs) acquisition, RRC connections, and measurementreporting; PDCP layer functionality associated with headercompression/decompression, and security (ciphering, deciphering,integrity protection, integrity verification); RLC layer functionalityassociated with the transfer of upper layer PDUs, error correctionthrough ARQ, concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC SDUs,re-segmentation of RLC data PDUs, and reordering of RLC data PDUs; andMAC layer functionality associated with mapping between logical channelsand transport channels, multiplexing of MAC SDUs onto TBs,demultiplexing of MAC SDUs from TBs, scheduling information reporting,error correction through HARQ, priority handling, and logical channelprioritization.

Channel estimates derived by a channel estimator 358 from a referencesignal or feedback transmitted by the base station 310 may be used bythe TX processor 368 to select the appropriate coding and modulationschemes, and to facilitate spatial processing. The spatial streamsgenerated by the TX processor 368 may be provided to different antenna352 via separate transmitters 354TX. Each transmitter 354TX may modulatean RF carrier with a respective spatial stream for transmission.

The UL transmission is processed at the base station 310 in a mannersimilar to that described in connection with the receiver function atthe UE 350. Each receiver 318RX receives a signal through its respectiveantenna 320. Each receiver 318RX recovers information modulated onto anRF carrier and provides the information to a RX processor 370.

The controller/processor 375 can be associated with a memory 376 thatstores program codes and data. The memory 376 may be referred to as acomputer-readable medium. In the UL, the controller/processor 375provides demultiplexing between transport and logical channels, packetreassembly, deciphering, header decompression, control signal processingto recover IP packets from the UE 350. IP packets from thecontroller/processor 375 may be provided to the EPC 160. Thecontroller/processor 375 is also responsible for error detection usingan ACK and/or NACK protocol to support HARQ operations.

At least one of the TX processor 368, the RX processor 356, and thecontroller/processor 359 may be configured to perform aspects inconnection with 198 of FIG. 1 .

At least one of the TX processor 316, the RX processor 370, and thecontroller/processor 375 may be configured to perform aspects inconnection with 199 of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of an uplink repetitionsequence with a dropped repetition, in accordance with some aspects ofthe present disclosure. The example 400 includes a first SPS PDSCH 402,a PDCCH 404, and a DG PDSCH 406. The example 400 illustrates a first setof uplink channel transmission repetitions that includes uplinkrepetitions 410, 412, 414, 416. The UE can determine that uplinkrepetition 412 overlaps with at least a portion of the DG PDSCH 406.Consequently, the sequence comprised of uplink repetitions 412, 414, 416may be dropped due to the one overlapping repetition (e.g., 412).

In some aspects, the user equipment may avoid SPS HARQ-ACK dropping fortime division duplex (TDD) due to a potential PUCCH collision with atleast one downlink symbol or flexible symbol. In some aspects, a droppedSPS ACK/NACK signal due to a dynamic slot format indication (SFI) ordynamic grant (DG), a semi-static TDD can be retransmitted by the userequipment. In some aspects, the retransmission of a dropped SPS A/N mayoccur based on an UE-based implicit rule, where a dropped SPS A/N may bedelayed until first available uplink symbols can fit in a PUCCHresource. For example, the earliest uplink symbols may be the earliestavailable occasion without overlapping of any downlink transmissionand/or symbol among a set of configured occasions, which can correspondto a configured PUCCH/PUSCH resource (e.g. on symbol 10 and 11 in everyslot). In other examples, the base station (e.g., gNB) can indicatemultiple k1 values through SPS signaling. For each SPS PDSCH, the UE canselect the first k1 value that results in a valid PUCCH resource. Inother examples, the base station 120/180 can use a type-3 codebook torequest retransmission of a dropped SPS A/N. For example, the basestation may request the user equipment to transmit ACK/NACK for SPS HARQidentifiers with a dropped ACK/NACK. In another example, the basestation may request the user equipment to transmit ACK/NACK for all SPSHARQ identifiers. In some aspects, a first subset of PUCCH repetitionsmay be dropped, and a second subset of PUCCH repetitions remain. In someaspects, the base station 120/180 may enable a feature to retransmitdropped SPS ACK/NACK, such that the first subset of PUCCH repetitionscan be retransmitted based on an indication from the base station. Inother aspects, the user equipment may determine whether to retransmitthe remaining uplink repetitions with at least one original uplinkrepetition dropped. In some aspects, the user equipment determines thelocation of the retransmitted uplink repetitions.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of a transmitted uplinkrepetition sequence, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure. The example 500 includes a first SPS PDSCH 502, a PDCCH 504,and a DG PDSCH 506. The example 500 illustrates a first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions that includes uplink repetitions 510,512, 514, 516. The UE can determine that uplink repetition 512 overlapswith at least a portion of the DG PDSCH 506. Consequently, the sequencecomprised of uplink repetitions 512, 514, 516 is dropped due to the oneoverlapping repetition (e.g., 512).

In some aspects, the dropped uplink repetition sequence may be delayedand retransmitted at a later time based on first available symbols thatcan fit the dropped uplink repetitions. In some aspects, the userequipment can receive, from the base station over a downlink channel,control information indicating a resource allocation, a predeterminedrepetition pattern and a starting location per repetition occasion forthe second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions (e.g., 520,522, 524, 526). In some aspects, the user equipment can delaytransmission of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions to a starting repetition occasion based on the resourceallocation. In some aspects, the starting repetition occasion includesone or more first available uplink symbols that correspond to aconfigured uplink physical channel resource. In some aspects, the userequipment can delay each uplink channel transmission repetition in thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions to a designatedlocation within each repetition occasion for a number of repetitionoccasions corresponding to a number of total repetitions in the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions. In some aspects, eachuplink channel transmission repetition in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions has one or more of a same time locationor same frequency location with a respective repetition occasion basedon the predetermined repetition pattern. For example, the uplinkrepetitions can be delayed to the last symbol per slot across four slotsstarting with a slot number containing the DG PDSCH 506.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example 600 of a transmitteduplink repetition sequence, in accordance with some aspects of thepresent disclosure. The example 800 includes a first SPS PDSCH 602, aPDCCH 604, and a DG PDSCH 606. The example 600 illustrates a first setof uplink channel transmission repetitions that includes uplinkrepetitions 610, 612, 614, 616. The UE can determine that uplinkrepetition 612 overlaps with at least a portion of the DG PDSCH 606.Consequently, the sequence comprised of uplink repetitions 612, 614, 616is dropped due to the one overlapping repetition (e.g., 612).

In some aspects, the dropped uplink repetition sequence may be delayedand retransmitted at a later time based on a K1 parameter configuration.In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel through SPS signaling (e.g., RRC signaling),control information indicating a predetermined repetition pattern and aplurality of K1 parameter values associated with a downlink datatransmission (e.g., DG PDSCH 606). In some aspects, each of theplurality of K1 parameter values includes a different time offsetbetween a downlink data transmission and an associated uplinktransmission. The user equipment may select a first K1 parameter valuefrom the plurality of K1 parameter values that provides a number ofrepetition occasions with valid uplink resources for a number of totalrepetitions in the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. For example, for each SPS PDSCH (e.g., SPS PDSCH 602), theuser equipment can select the first K1 parameter value that results invalid PUCCH resources for all uplink repetitions. As illustrated in FIG.6 , the K1 parameter value is 4 without any dropped uplinked repetition.In some aspects, the user equipment can delay transmission of the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions (e.g., uplink repetitions620, 622, 624, 626) to a starting repetition occasion of the number ofrepetition occasions based on the first K1 parameter value. In someaspects, each uplink channel transmission repetition in the second setof uplink channel transmission repetitions can have one or more of asame time location or same frequency location with a respectiverepetition occasion based on the predetermined repetition pattern.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example 700 of a single transmitteduplink repetition, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure. The example 700 includes a first SPS PDSCH 702, a PDCCH 704,and a DG PDSCH 706. The example 700 illustrates a first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions that includes uplink repetitions 710,712, 714, 716. The UE can determine that uplink repetition 712 overlapswith at least a portion of the DG PDSCH 706. Consequently, the uplinkrepetition 712 may be dropped, while the remaining uplink repetitions710, 714 and 716 remain active and non-overlapping with the DG PDSCH706. In other aspects, the sequence of uplink repetitions 710, 712, 714and 716 may be dropped as a whole due to the overlapped uplinkrepetition 712.

In some examples, the uplink repetition 712 may be represented as partof a first subset and the uplink repetitions 710, 714 and 716 may berepresented as part of a second subset, where the uplink repetitions710-716 may be represented as a first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. In some aspects, a second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions (including the first subset and excluding thesecond subset) may be transmitted with a same number of droppedrepetitions as the first subset of the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions. As illustrated in FIG. 7 , uplink repetition720 is transmitted based on its correspondence to a single droppeduplink repetition (e.g., 712) among the uplink repetitions 710-716.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example 800 of a single transmitteduplink repetition in view of a processing time, in accordance with someaspects of the present disclosure. The example 800 includes a first SPSPDSCH 802, a PDCCH 804, and a DG PDSCH 806. The example 800 illustratesa first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions that includesuplink repetitions 810, 812, 814, 816. The UE can determine that uplinkrepetition 812 overlaps with at least a portion of the DG PDSCH 806.Consequently, the sequence comprised of uplink repetitions 812, 814, 816is dropped due to the one overlapping repetition (e.g., 812). In a usecase for retransmission of a dropped SPS A/N based on an UE-basedimplicit rule, a UE-based determination on whether to retransmit SPS A/Nwith at least one original uplink repetition dropped for a PUCCHrepetition may be performed. In some aspects, the SPS A/N is notretransmitted if any uplink repetition of the original PUCCH repetitionhas been transmitted. For example, due to the UE processing timeline forthe UE to decode DG scheduling (e.g., DCI scheduling) overlapped with a2nd PUCCH repetition after a 1st repetition has been transmitted.

As illustrated in FIG. 8 , the user equipment can receive, from a basestation over a downlink channel, the first SPS PDSCH 802 (associatedwith the uplink repetitions) at a first time, the PDCCH 804 associatedwith the DG PDSCH 806 at a second time, and the DG PDSCH 806 at a thirdtime. In some aspects, the user equipment can transmit, to the basestation over an uplink channel, a first uplink repetition 810 of thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions (e.g., uplinkrepetitions 810, 812, 814, 816) at a fourth time prior to the third timein response to the SPS PDSCH 802. In some aspects, the second time andthe fourth time are separated by a timeline. In some aspects, the userequipment can determine whether a processing time to decode the controlinformation exceeds the timeline. In some aspects, the user equipmentcan refrain from transmitting the first subset and the second subset ofthe second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions when theprocessing time exceeds the timeline. As illustrated in FIG. 8 , theuplink repetitions 812, 814, 816 due to the uplink repetition 810 havingbeen transmitted prior to completion of the processing time to decodethe PDCCH 804.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example 900 of a transmitted uplinkrepetition sequence with extended repetition pattern, in accordance withsome aspects of the present disclosure. The example 900 includes a firstSPS PDSCH 902, a first PDCCH 904, and a DG PDSCH 906. The example 900illustrates a first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions thatincludes uplink repetitions 910, 912, 914, 916. The UE can determinethat uplink repetition 912 overlaps with at least a portion of the DGPDSCH 906. Consequently, the sequence comprised of uplink repetitions910, 912, 914, 916 is dropped due to the one overlapping repetition(e.g., 912).

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel, control information indicating a resourceallocation. In some aspects, the user equipment can determine a numberof uplink repetition occasions corresponding to a number of droppedrepetitions in the first subset are available to accommodate the numberof dropped repetitions in the first subset based on the resourceallocation. In some aspects, the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions is transmitted with a first number ofrepetition occasions greater than a second number of repetitionoccasions used in the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. As illustrated in FIG. 9 , the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions (e.g., uplink repetitions 910, 912, 914, 916)includes four repetition occasions, while the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions (e.g., 920, 922, 924, 926) includes atleast five repetitions occasions.

In a use case for retransmission of a dropped SPS A/N based on anUE-based implicit rule, if SPS A/N with at least one original uplinkrepetition dropped is determined to be retransmitted, the retransmittedSPS A/N in a PUCCH repetition may further extend the original repetitionnumber until one or more uplink repetition occasions become available toaccommodate the retransmitted uplink repetition number. For example, ifthe original repetition number is 4 and the 2^(nd) and 3^(rd) uplinkrepetitions are dropped, the user equipment may extend the originaluplink repetition number based on the original uplink repetition patternuntil two repetition occasions are available to accommodate the tworetransmitted uplink repetitions, which may not need to be in adjacentoccasions.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example 1000 of a dropped uplinkrepetition sequence in view of an expiration time, in accordance withsome aspects of the present disclosure. The example 1000 includes afirst SPS PDSCH 1002, a first PDCCH 1004, a DG PDSCH 1006, a secondPDCCH 1008 and a second SPS PDSCH 1010. The example 1000 illustrates afirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions that includesuplink repetitions 1020, 1022, 1024, 1026. The UE can determine thatuplink repetition 1022 overlaps with at least a portion of the DG PDSCH1006. In some aspects, the UE may be configured to transmit an uplinkrepetition such that any retransmitted uplink repetition may not occurlater than an expiration time, e.g. before the start of next SPSoccasion. For example, the length of the expiration time may extend froma first SPS occasion (e.g., at start of PDCCH 1004) to a second SPSoccasion (e.g., at start of PDCCH 1008).

In some aspects, the user equipment can determine whether one or moreuplink channel transmission repetitions in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions are scheduled to occur prior to apredetermined expiration time. In some aspects, the user equipment candetermine that one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions inthe second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions (e.g., uplinkrepetitions 1030, 1032, 1034, 1036) are scheduled not to occur prior tothe predetermined expiration time. Consequently, the uplink repetitionsequence is dropped due to the expiration time having been exceeded. Inthis regard, the user equipment can refrain from transmitting the uplinkchannel transmission repetitions 1030, 1032, 1034, 1036 that includesthe uplink repetition 1036 scheduled not to occur prior to thepredetermined expiration time.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a process 1100 of wireless communication formultiplexing of overlapped uplink channel transmission repetitions at auser equipment, in accordance with some aspects of the presentdisclosure. The process 1100 may be performed by a user equipment (e.g.,the UE 104; UE 350, the RSU 107). As illustrated, the process 1100includes a number of enumerated steps, but embodiments of the process1100 may include additional steps before, after, and in between theenumerated steps. In some embodiments, one or more of the enumeratedsteps may be omitted or performed in a different order.

At 1102, the user equipment may determine whether a first subset of afirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions overlaps with atleast a portion of a downlink transmission. The user equipment candetermine whether the first subset is overlapped, e.g., as described inconnection with FIGS. 1-6 . For instance, 1102 may be performed by oneor more components described with respect to FIG. 3 , e.g.,controller/processor 359, receive processor 356, transmit processor 368,receiver/transmitter 354 and/or antenna 352. The first subset of a firstset of uplink channel transmission repetitions of whether it overlapswith at least a portion of a downlink transmission may be determined,e.g., by the determination component 1340 of the apparatus 1302 in FIG.13 .

At 1104, the user equipment may determine whether to transmit a secondsubset of the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions whenthe first subset overlaps with the at least a portion of the downlinktransmission, the second subset comprising one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions that do not overlap with the downlinktransmission. The user equipment can determine whether to transmit thesecond subset, e.g., as described in connection with FIGS. 1-6 . Forinstance, 1104 may be performed by one or more components described withrespect to FIG. 3 , e.g., controller/processor 359, transmit processor368, receiver/transmitter 354 and/or antenna 352. The second subset ofthe first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions of whether totransmit when the first subset overlaps with the at least a portion ofthe downlink transmission may be determined, e.g., by the determinationcomponent 1340 and/or the uplink repetition retransmission component1342 of the apparatus 1302 in FIG. 13 .

At 1106, the user equipment may transmit, to a base station over anuplink channel, a second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprising the first subset and the second subset of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions when the second subset isdetermined to be transmitted. In some aspects, the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions does not overlap with the downlinktransmission. The user equipment can transmit the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions, e.g., as described in connection withFIGS. 1-6 . For instance, 1106 may be performed by one or morecomponents described with respect to FIG. 3 , e.g., controller/processor359, transmit processor 368, receiver/transmitter 354 and/or antenna352. The second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprising the first subset and the second subset of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions may be transmitted, e.g., by thedetermination component 1340 and/or the uplink repetition retransmissioncomponent 1342 via the transmission component 1334 of the apparatus 1302in FIG. 13 .

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel, a configuration indicating a request toretransmit one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions thatoverlap with the at least a portion of the downlink transmission. Insome aspects, the user equipment can transmit, to the base station overan uplink channel, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions with the first subset based on the configuration, whereinthe second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions excludes thesecond subset when the second subset is determined not to betransmitted.

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel, a configuration indicating a request toretransmit one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions thatoverlap with the at least a portion of the downlink transmission andtransmit one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions that do notoverlap with the downlink transmission. In some aspects, the userequipment can determine whether to transmit the second subset bydetermining that the second subset is to be transmitted based on theconfiguration.

In some aspects, the user equipment can determine that the first subsetincludes a number of dropped repetitions. The user equipment candetermine whether the number of dropped repetitions exceeds a numberthreshold. In some aspects, the user equipment can refrain fromtransmitting the first subset and the second subset of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions when the number of droppedrepetitions does not exceed the number threshold. In some aspects, theuser equipment can transmit the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions by transmitting, to the base station over theuplink channel, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions with the first subset and the second subset when the numberof dropped repetitions exceeds the number threshold. In some aspects,the user equipment can receive, from the base station over a downlinkchannel through semi-static or dynamic signaling, a configurationindicating the number threshold.

In some aspects, the user equipment can determine that the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions includes a number of totalrepetitions. The user equipment can determine that the first subsetincludes a number of dropped repetitions. In some aspects, the userequipment may determine a percentage of dropped repetitions based on thenumber of dropped repetitions and the number of total repetitions. Theuser equipment can determine whether the percentage of droppedrepetitions exceeds a percentage threshold. In some aspects, the userequipment refrains from transmitting the first subset and the secondsubset of the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions whenthe percentage of dropped repetitions does not exceed the percentagethreshold. In some aspects, the user equipment can transmit the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions by transmitting, to thebase station over the uplink channel, the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions with the first subset and the second subsetwhen the percentage of dropped repetitions exceeds the percentagethreshold. In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from thebase station over a downlink channel through semi-static or dynamicsignaling, a configuration indicating the percentage threshold.

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel, control information indicating a first PHYpriority or a second PHY priority associated with the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions. In some aspects, the first PHYpriority is greater (e.g., higher priority) than the second PHY priority(e.g., low priority). In some aspects, the user equipment can determinethat the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions isallocated with first resources that do not overlap with second resourcesof the downlink transmission based on the control information when thefirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is associated withthe first PHY priority. In some aspects, the user equipment candetermine whether the first subset of the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions overlaps with the at least a portion of thedownlink transmission by determining that the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions is allocated with first resources thatoverlap with at least a portion of second resources of the downlinktransmission based on the control information when the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions is associated with the secondPHY priority.

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from a base stationover a downlink channel, a first data transmission associated with thefirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions at a first time,control information associated with the downlink transmission at asecond time, and the downlink transmission at a third time. In someaspects, the downlink transmission includes a second data transmission.In some aspects, the user equipment can transmit, to the base stationover an uplink channel, a first uplink channel transmission repetitionof the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions at a fourthtime prior to the third time in response to the first data transmission.In some aspects, the second time and the fourth time are separated by atimeline. In some aspects, the user equipment can determine whether aprocessing time to decode the control information exceeds the timeline.In some aspects, the user equipment can refrain from transmitting thefirst subset and the second subset of the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions when the processing time exceeds the timeline.

In some aspects, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions (including the first subset and the second subset) istransmitted with a same number of total repetitions as the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions.

In some aspects, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions (including the first subset and excluding the second subset)is transmitted with a same number of dropped repetitions as the firstsubset of the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions.

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel, control information indicating a resourceallocation. In some aspects, the user equipment can determine a numberof uplink repetition occasions corresponding to a number of droppedrepetitions in the first subset are available to accommodate the numberof dropped repetitions in the first subset based on the resourceallocation. In some aspects, the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions is transmitted with a first number ofrepetition occasions greater than a second number of repetitionoccasions used in the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. In some aspects, the first number of repetition occasionsincludes uplink channel transmission repetitions on non-consecutiveoccasions of the first number of repetition occasions.

In some aspects, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions is transmitted with a same repetition pattern as the firstset of uplink channel transmission repetitions. In some aspects, thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is transmittedwith uplink channel transmission repetitions separated by a sameinterval between two adjacent repetitions as the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions.

In other aspects, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions is transmitted with a different repetition pattern than thefirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions. In some aspects,the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is transmittedwith uplink channel transmission repetitions separated by a differentinterval between two adjacent repetitions than the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions.

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel, control information indicating a resourceallocation, a predetermined repetition pattern and a starting locationper repetition occasion for the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions. In some aspects, the user equipment cantransmit the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions withthe first subset and the second subset by delaying transmission of thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions to a startingrepetition occasion based on the resource allocation. In some aspects,the starting repetition occasion includes one or more first availableuplink symbols that correspond to a configured uplink physical channelresource. In other aspects, the user equipment can delay each uplinkchannel transmission repetition in the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions to a designated location within each repetitionoccasion for a number of repetition occasions corresponding to a numberof total repetitions in the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. In some aspects, each uplink channel transmissionrepetition in the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionshas one or more of a same time location or same frequency location witha respective repetition occasion based on the predetermined repetitionpattern.

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel through SPS signaling, control informationindicating a predetermined repetition pattern and a plurality of K1parameter values associated with a downlink data transmission. In someaspects, each of the plurality of K1 parameter values includes adifferent time offset between a downlink data transmission and anassociated uplink transmission. In some aspects, the user equipment canselect a first K1 parameter value from the plurality of K1 parametervalues that provides a number of repetition occasions with valid uplinkresources for a number of total repetitions in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions. The user equipment can delaytransmission of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions to a starting repetition occasion of the number ofrepetition occasions based on the first K1 parameter value. In someaspects, each uplink channel transmission repetition in the second setof uplink channel transmission repetitions has one or more of a sametime location or same frequency location with a respective repetitionoccasion based on the predetermined repetition pattern.

In some aspects, the user equipment can receive, from the base stationover a downlink channel, control information indicating a predeterminedrepetition pattern and a resource allocation. In some aspects, the userequipment can determine a first available repetition occasion for eachuplink channel transmission repetition in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions from a number of repetitions occasionsindicated in the resource allocation. In some aspects, each intervalbetween two adjacent repetitions of the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions may not be lesser than an interval included inthe predetermined repetition pattern.

In some aspects, the user equipment can determine whether one or moreuplink channel transmission repetitions in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions are scheduled to occur prior to apredetermined expiration time. In some aspects, the user equipment candetermine that one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions inthe second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions are schedulednot to occur prior to the predetermined expiration time. In someaspects, the user equipment can refrain from transmitting the one ormore uplink channel transmission repetitions in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions that are scheduled not to occur priorto the predetermined expiration time.

In some aspects, the user equipment can determine whether one or moreuplink channel transmission repetitions in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions overlap with one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions of the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. The user equipment can select one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions from either the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions or the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions for transmission when the one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions of the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions overlap with the one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions of the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions.

In various aspects, the downlink transmission includes a dynamic grant(DG) PDSCH, and each of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions includes a SPS PUCCH repetition.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a process 1200 of wireless communication formultiplexing of overlapped uplink channel transmission repetitions at abase station, in accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure.The process 1200 may be performed by a base station (e.g., the BS 102,180; base station 310). As illustrated, the process 1200 includes anumber of enumerated steps, but embodiments of the process 1200 mayinclude additional steps before, after, and in between the enumeratedsteps. In some embodiments, one or more of the enumerated steps may beomitted or performed in a different order.

At 1202, the base station may transmit, to a UE over a downlink channel,a first downlink transmission comprising a configuration indicating arequest to retransmit a first subset of a first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions that overlaps with at least a portion of asecond downlink transmission. The base station can transmit the firstdownlink transmission, e.g., as described in connection with FIGS. 1-6 .For instance, 1202 may be performed by one or more components describedwith respect to FIG. 3 , e.g., controller/processor 375, transmitprocessor 316, receiver/transmitter 318 and/or antenna 320. The firstdownlink transmission may be transmitted, e.g., by the downlinktransmission component 1440 via the transmission component 1434 of theapparatus 1402 in FIG. 14 .

At 1204, the base station may receive, from the UE over an uplinkchannel, a second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprising the first subset of the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions and a second subset of the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions, the second subset comprising one ormore uplink channel transmission repetitions that do not overlap withthe second downlink transmission, wherein the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions does not overlap with the seconddownlink transmission. The base station can receive the second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions, e.g., as described inconnection with FIGS. 1-6 . For instance, 1204 may be performed by oneor more components described with respect to FIG. 3 , e.g.,controller/processor 375, receive processor 370, receiver/transmitter318 and/or antenna 320. The second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions comprising the first subset of the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions and the second subset of the first setof uplink channel transmission repetitions may be received, e.g., by theuplink repetition processing component 1442 via the reception component1430 of the apparatus 1402 in FIG. 14 .

In some aspects, the base station can transmit, to the UE over adownlink channel, a configuration indicating a request to retransmit oneor more uplink channel transmission repetitions that overlap with the atleast a portion of the second downlink transmission. In some aspects,the base station can receive, from the UE over an uplink channel, thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions with the firstsubset based on the configuration, wherein the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions excludes the second subset. Forinstance, the configuration transmission may be performed by one or morecomponents described with respect to FIG. 3 , e.g., controller/processor375, transmit processor 316, receiver/transmitter 318 and/or antenna320. The downlink configuration may be transmitted, e.g., by theconfiguration component 1444 via the transmission component 1434 of theapparatus 1402 in FIG. 14 .

In some aspects, the base station can transmit, to the UE over adownlink channel, a configuration indicating a request to retransmit oneor more uplink channel transmission repetitions that overlap with the atleast a portion of the second downlink transmission and transmit one ormore uplink channel transmission repetitions that do not overlap withthe second downlink transmission. In some aspects, the base station cantransmit, to the UE over a downlink channel through semi-static ordynamic signaling, a configuration indicating a number threshold,wherein the receiving the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions comprises receiving, from the UE over the uplink channel,the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions with the firstsubset and the second subset based on the number threshold. In someaspects, the base station can transmit, to the UE over a downlinkchannel through semi-static or dynamic signaling, a configurationindicating a percentage threshold, wherein the receiving the second setof uplink channel transmission repetitions comprises receiving, from theUE over the uplink channel, the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions with the first subset and the second subsetbased on the percentage threshold. In some aspects, the base station cantransmit, to the UE over a downlink channel, control informationindicating a first physical layer (PHY) priority or a second PHYpriority associated with the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions, the first PHY priority being higher than the second PHYpriority.

In some aspects, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions is received with a same number of total repetitions as thefirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions. In some aspects,the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions may includethe first subset and excluding the second subset is received with a samenumber of dropped repetitions as the first subset of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions. In some aspects, the second setof uplink channel transmission repetitions is received with a firstnumber of repetition occasions greater than a second number ofrepetition occasions used in the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions. In some aspects, the first number ofrepetition occasions includes uplink channel transmission repetitions onnon-consecutive occasions of the first number of repetition occasions.

In some aspects, the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions is received with a same repetition pattern as the first setof uplink channel transmission repetitions. In some aspects, the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions is received with uplinkchannel transmission repetitions separated by a same interval betweentwo adjacent repetitions as the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. In some aspects, the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions is received with a different repetition patternthan the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions. In someaspects, the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions isreceived with uplink channel transmission repetitions separated by adifferent interval between two adjacent repetitions than the first setof uplink channel transmission repetitions.

In some aspects, the base station can transmit, to the UE over adownlink channel, control information indicating a resource allocation,a predetermined repetition pattern and a starting location perrepetition occasion for the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions. In some aspects, the base station can receive a delayedtransmission of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions at a starting repetition occasion based on the resourceallocation. In some aspects, the base station can receive a delayedtransmission of each uplink channel transmission repetition in thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions at a designatedlocation within each repetition occasion for a number of repetitionoccasions that corresponds to a number of total repetitions in thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions, in which eachuplink channel transmission repetition in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions has one or more of a same time locationor same frequency location with a respective repetition occasion basedon the predetermined repetition pattern.

In some aspects, the base station can transmit, to the UE over adownlink channel through semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) signaling,control information indicating a predetermined repetition pattern and aplurality of K1 parameter values associated with a downlink datatransmission. In some aspects, the base station can receive a delayedtransmission of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions at a starting repetition occasion of the number ofrepetition occasions based on a first K1 parameter value of theplurality of K1 parameter values, in which each uplink channeltransmission repetition in the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions has one or more of a same time location or same frequencylocation with a respective repetition occasion based on thepredetermined repetition pattern. In some aspects, the base station cantransmit, to the UE over a downlink channel, control informationindicating a predetermined repetition pattern, in which each intervalbetween two adjacent repetitions of the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions is not lesser than an interval included in thepredetermined repetition pattern.

FIG. 13 is a diagram 1300 illustrating an example of a hardwareimplementation for an apparatus 1302. The apparatus 1302 is a UE andincludes a cellular baseband processor 1304 (also referred to as amodem) coupled to a cellular RF transceiver 1322 and one or moresubscriber identity modules (SIM) cards 1320, an application processor1306 coupled to a secure digital (SD) card 1308 and a screen 1310, aBluetooth module 1312, a wireless local area network (WLAN) module 1314,a Global Positioning System (GPS) module 1316, and a power supply 1318.The cellular baseband processor 1304 communicates through the cellularRF transceiver 1322 with the UE 104 and/or BS 102/180. The cellularbaseband processor 1304 may include a computer-readable medium/memory.The cellular baseband processor 1304 is responsible for generalprocessing, including the execution of software stored on thecomputer-readable medium/memory. The software, when executed by thecellular baseband processor 1304, causes the cellular baseband processor1304 to perform the various functions described supra. Thecomputer-readable medium / memory may also be used for storing data thatis manipulated by the cellular baseband processor 1304 when executingsoftware.

The cellular baseband processor 1304 further includes a receptioncomponent 1330, a communication manager 1332, and a transmissioncomponent 1334. The communication manager 1332 includes the one or moreillustrated components. The components within the communication manager1332 may be stored in the computer-readable medium/memory and/orconfigured as hardware within the cellular baseband processor 1304. Thecellular baseband processor 1304 may be a component of the UE 350 andmay include the memory 360 and/or at least one of the TX processor 368,the RX processor 356, and the controller/processor 359. In oneconfiguration, the apparatus 1302 may be a modem chip and include justthe baseband processor 1304, and in another configuration, the apparatus1302 may be the entire UE (e.g., see 350 of FIG. 3 ) and include theaforementioned additional modules of the apparatus 1302.

The communication manager 1332 includes a determination component 1340,an uplink repetition retransmission component 1342 and a configurationcomponent 1344. The apparatus may include additional components thatperform each of the blocks of the algorithm in the aforementionedflowchart of FIG. 11 . As such, each block in the aforementionedflowchart of FIG. 11 may be performed by a component and the apparatusmay include one or more of those components. The components may be oneor more hardware components specifically configured to carry out thestated processes/algorithm, implemented by a processor configured toperform the stated processes/algorithm, stored within acomputer-readable medium for implementation by a processor, or somecombination thereof.

In one configuration, the apparatus 1302, and in particular the cellularbaseband processor 1304, includes means for determining whether a firstsubset of a first set of uplink channel transmission repetitionsoverlaps with at least a portion of a downlink transmission. Theapparatus also includes means for determining whether to transmit asecond subset of the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions when the first subset overlaps with the at least a portionof the downlink transmission, in which the second subset comprises oneor more uplink channel transmission repetitions that do not overlap withthe downlink transmission. The apparatus also includes means fortransmitting, to a base station over an uplink channel, a second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions comprising the first subset andthe second subset of the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions when the second subset is determined to be transmitted, inwhich the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions does notoverlap with the downlink transmission.

The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementionedcomponents of the apparatus 1302 configured to perform the functionsrecited by the aforementioned means. As described supra, the apparatus1302 may include the TX Processor 368, the RX Processor 356, and thecontroller/processor 359. As such, in one configuration, theaforementioned means may be the TX Processor 368, the RX Processor 356,and the controller/processor 359 configured to perform the functionsrecited by the aforementioned means.

FIG. 14 is a diagram 1400 illustrating an example of a hardwareimplementation for an apparatus 1402. The apparatus 1402 is a BS andincludes a baseband unit 1404. The baseband unit 1404 may communicatethrough a cellular RF transceiver with the UE 104. The baseband unit1404 may include a computer-readable medium/memory. The baseband unit1404 is responsible for general processing, including the execution ofsoftware stored on the computer-readable medium/memory. The software,when executed by the baseband unit 1404, causes the baseband unit 1404to perform the various functions described supra. The computer-readablemedium/memory may also be used for storing data that is manipulated bythe baseband unit 1404 when executing software. The baseband unit 1404further includes a reception component 1430, a communication manager1432, and a transmission component 1434. The communication manager 1432includes the one or more illustrated components. The components withinthe communication manager 1432 may be stored in the computer-readablemedium/memory and/or configured as hardware within the baseband unit1404. The baseband unit 1404 may be a component of the BS 310 and mayinclude the memory 376 and/or at least one of the TX processor 316, theRX processor 370, and the controller/processor 375.

The communication manager 1432 includes a downlink transmissioncomponent 1440, an uplink repetition processing component 1442 and aconfiguration component 1444. The apparatus may include additionalcomponents that perform each of the blocks of the algorithm in theaforementioned flowchart of FIG. 12 . As such, each block in theaforementioned flowchart of FIG. 12 may be performed by a component andthe apparatus may include one or more of those components. Thecomponents may be one or more hardware components specificallyconfigured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented by aprocessor configured to perform the stated processes/algorithm, storedwithin a computer-readable medium for implementation by a processor, orsome combination thereof.

In one configuration, the apparatus 1402, and in particular the basebandunit 1404, includes means for transmitting, to a user equipment (UE)over a downlink channel, a first downlink transmission comprising aconfiguration indicating a request to retransmit a first subset of afirst set of uplink channel transmission repetitions that overlaps withat least a portion of a second downlink transmission. The apparatus alsoincludes means for receiving, from the UE over an uplink channel, asecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions comprising thefirst subset of the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitionsand a second subset of the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions, the second subset comprising one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions that do not overlap with the second downlinktransmission, in which the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions does not overlap with the second downlink transmission.

The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementionedcomponents of the apparatus 1402 configured to perform the functionsrecited by the aforementioned means. As described supra, the apparatus1402 may include the TX Processor 316, the RX Processor 370, and thecontroller/processor 375. As such, in one configuration, theaforementioned means may be the TX Processor 316, the RX Processor 370,and the controller/processor 375 configured to perform the functionsrecited by the aforementioned means.

The following clauses are illustrative only and may be combined withaspects of other embodiments or teachings described herein, withoutlimitation.

Clause 1 is a method of wireless communication at a user equipment thatincludes determining whether a first subset of a first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions overlaps with at least a portion of adownlink transmission; determining whether to transmit a second subsetof the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions when thefirst subset overlaps with the at least a portion of the downlinktransmission, the second subset comprising one or more uplink channeltransmission repetitions that do not overlap with the downlinktransmission; and transmitting, to a base station over an uplinkchannel, a second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprising the first subset and the second subset of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions when the second subset isdetermined to be transmitted, wherein the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions does not overlap with the downlinktransmission.

In Clause 2, the method of clause 1 includes receiving, from the basestation over a downlink channel, a configuration indicating a request toretransmit one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions of thefirst set that overlap with the at least a portion of the downlinktransmission.

In Clause 3, the method of clause 1 or clause 2 includes transmitting,to the base station over an uplink channel, the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions including the first subset based on theconfiguration, wherein the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions excludes the second subset when the second subset isdetermined not to be transmitted based on the configuration.

In Clause 4, the method of any of clauses 1-3 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel, a configuration indicating arequest to retransmit one or more uplink channel transmissionrepetitions that overlap with the at least a portion of the downlinktransmission and transmit one or more uplink channel transmissionrepetitions that do not overlap with the downlink transmission.

In Clause 5, the method of any of clauses 1-4 includes that thedetermining whether to transmit the second subset comprises determiningthat the second subset is to be transmitted based on the configuration.

In Clause 6, the method of any of clauses 1-5 includes determining thatthe first subset includes a number of dropped repetitions; determiningwhether the number of dropped repetitions exceeds a number threshold;refraining from transmitting the first subset and the second subset ofthe first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions when the numberof dropped repetitions does not exceed the number threshold, wherein thetransmitting the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprises transmitting, to the base station over the uplink channel, thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions with the firstsubset and the second subset when the number of dropped repetitionsexceeds the number threshold.

In Clause 7, the method of any of clauses 1-6 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel through semi-static or dynamicsignaling, a configuration indicating the number threshold.

In Clause 8, the method of any of clauses 1-7 includes determining thatthe first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions includes anumber of total repetitions; determining that the first subset includesa number of dropped repetitions; determining a percentage of droppedrepetitions based on the number of dropped repetitions and the number oftotal repetitions; determining whether the percentage of droppedrepetitions exceeds a percentage threshold; and refraining fromtransmitting the first subset and the second subset of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions when the percentage of droppedrepetitions does not exceed the percentage threshold, wherein thetransmitting the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprises transmitting, to the base station over the uplink channel, thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions with the firstsubset and the second subset when the percentage of dropped repetitionsexceeds the percentage threshold.

In Clause 9, the method of any of clauses 1-8 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel through semi-static or dynamicsignaling, a configuration indicating the percentage threshold.

In Clause 10, the method of any of clauses 1-9 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel, control information indicatinga first physical layer (PHY) priority or a second PHY priorityassociated with the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions, the first PHY priority being higher than the second PHYpriority; and determining that the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions is allocated with first resources that do notoverlap with second resources of the downlink transmission based on thecontrol information when the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions is associated with the first PHY priority, wherein thedetermining whether the first subset of the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions overlaps with the at least a portion of thedownlink transmission comprises determining that the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions is allocated with first resources thatoverlap with at least a portion of second resources of the downlinktransmission based on the control information when the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions is associated with the secondPHY priority.

In Clause 11, the method of any of clauses 1-10 includes receiving, froma base station over a downlink channel, a first data transmissionassociated with the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitionsat a first time, control information associated with the downlinktransmission at a second time, and the downlink transmission at a thirdtime, wherein the downlink transmission comprises a second datatransmission; transmitting, to the base station over an uplink channel,a first uplink channel transmission repetition of the second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions at a fourth time prior to thethird time in response to the first data transmission, wherein thesecond time and the fourth time are separated by a timeline; determiningwhether a processing time to decode the control information exceeds thetimeline; and refraining from transmitting the first subset and thesecond subset of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions when the processing time exceeds the timeline.

In Clause 12, the method of any of clauses 1-11 includes that the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions comprising the firstsubset and the second subset is transmitted with a same number of totalrepetitions as the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions.

In Clause 13, the method of any of clauses 1-12 includes that the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions comprising the firstsubset and excluding the second subset is transmitted with a same numberof dropped repetitions as the first subset of the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions.

In Clause 14, the method of any of clauses 1-13 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel, control information indicatinga resource allocation; and determining that a number of uplinkrepetition occasions corresponding to a number of dropped repetitions inthe first subset are available to accommodate the number of droppedrepetitions in the first subset based on the resource allocation,wherein the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions istransmitted with a first number of repetition occasions greater than asecond number of repetition occasions used in the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions.

In Clause 15, the method of any of clauses 1-14 includes that the firstnumber of repetition occasions includes uplink channel transmissionrepetitions on non-consecutive occasions of the first number ofrepetition occasions.

In Clause 16, the method of any of clauses 1-15 includes that the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions is transmitted with asame repetition pattern as the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions.

In Clause 17, the method of any of clauses 1-16 includes that the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions is transmitted withuplink channel transmission repetitions separated by a same intervalbetween two adjacent repetitions as the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions.

In Clause 18, the method of any of clauses 1-17 includes that the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions is transmitted with adifferent repetition pattern than the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions.

In Clause 19, the method of any of clauses 1-18 includes that the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions is transmitted withuplink channel transmission repetitions separated by a differentinterval between two adjacent repetitions than the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions.

In Clause 20, the method of any of clauses 1-19 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel, control information indicatinga resource allocation, a predetermined repetition pattern and a startinglocation per repetition occasion for the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions, wherein the transmitting the second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions with the first subset and thesecond subset comprises: delaying transmission of the second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions to a starting repetitionoccasion based on the resource allocation, wherein the startingrepetition occasion includes one or more first available uplink symbolsthat correspond to a configured uplink physical channel resource; anddelaying each uplink channel transmission repetition in the second setof uplink channel transmission repetitions to a designated locationwithin each repetition occasion of the resource allocation for a numberof repetition occasions corresponding to a number of total repetitionsin the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions, whereineach uplink channel transmission repetition in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions has one or more of a same time locationor same frequency location in the resource allocation as a respectiverepetition occasion based on the predetermined repetition pattern.

In Clause 21, the method of any of clauses 1-19 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel through semi-persistentscheduling (SPS) signaling, control information indicating apredetermined repetition pattern and a plurality of K1 parameter valuesassociated with a downlink data transmission, wherein each of theplurality of K1 parameter values includes a different time offsetbetween a downlink data transmission and an associated uplinktransmission; selecting a first K1 parameter value from the plurality ofK1 parameter values that provides a number of repetition occasions withvalid uplink resources for a number of total repetitions in the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions; and delayingtransmission of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions to a starting repetition occasion of the number ofrepetition occasions based on the first K1 parameter value, wherein eachuplink channel transmission repetition in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions has one or more of a same time locationor same frequency location with a respective repetition occasion basedon the predetermined repetition pattern.

In Clause 22, the method of any of clauses 1-21 includes receiving, fromthe base station over a downlink channel, control information indicatinga predetermined repetition pattern and a resource allocation; anddetermining a first available repetition occasion for each uplinkchannel transmission repetition in the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions from a number of repetitions occasionsindicated in the resource allocation, wherein each interval between twoadjacent repetitions of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions is not lesser than an interval included in the predeterminedrepetition pattern.

In Clause 23, the method of any of clauses 1-22 includes thatdetermining whether one or more uplink channel transmission repetitionsin the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions arescheduled to occur prior to a predetermined expiration time; determiningthat one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions in the secondset of uplink channel transmission repetitions are scheduled not tooccur prior to the predetermined expiration time; and refraining fromtransmitting the one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions inthe second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions that arescheduled not to occur prior to the predetermined expiration time.

In Clause 24, the method of any of clauses 1-23 includes determiningwhether one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions in thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions overlap with oneor more uplink channel transmission repetitions of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions; and selecting one or moreuplink channel transmission repetitions from either the second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions or the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions for transmission when the one or moreuplink channel transmission repetitions of the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions overlap with the one or more uplinkchannel transmission repetitions of the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions.

In Clause 25, the method of any of clauses 1-24 includes that thedownlink transmission comprises a dynamic grant (DG) physical downlinkshared channel (PDSCH), and wherein each of the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions comprises a semi-persistent scheduling(SPS) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition.

Clause 26 is a device including one or more processors and one or morememories in electronic communication with the one or more processorsstoring instructions executable by the one or more processors to causethe system or apparatus to implement a method as in any of Clauses 1 to25.

Clause 27 is a system or apparatus including means for implementing amethod or realizing an apparatus as in any of Clauses 1 to 25.

Clause 28 is a non-transitory computer readable medium storinginstructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one ormore processors to implement a method as in any of Clauses 1 to 25.

Clause 29 is a method of wireless communication at a base station thatincludes transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) over a downlink channel,a first downlink transmission comprising a configuration indicating arequest to retransmit a first subset of a first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions that overlaps with at least a portion of asecond downlink transmission; and receiving, from the UE over an uplinkchannel, a second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprising the first subset of the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions and a second subset of the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions, the second subset comprising one ormore uplink channel transmission repetitions that do not overlap withthe second downlink transmission, wherein the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions does not overlap with the seconddownlink transmission.

In Clause 30, the method of Clause 29 includes transmitting, to the UEover a downlink channel, a configuration indicating a request toretransmit one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions thatoverlap with the at least a portion of the second downlink transmission.

In Clause 31, the method of Clause 29 or Clause 30 includes receiving,from the UE over an uplink channel, the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions with the first subset based on theconfiguration, wherein the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions excludes the second subset.

In Clause 32, the method of any of Clauses 29-31 includes transmitting,to the UE over a downlink channel, a configuration indicating a requestto retransmit one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions thatoverlap with the at least a portion of the second downlink transmissionand transmit one or more uplink channel transmission repetitions that donot overlap with the second downlink transmission.

In Clause 33, the method of any of Clauses 29-32 includes transmitting,to the UE over a downlink channel through semi-static or dynamicsignaling, a configuration indicating a number threshold, wherein thereceiving the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprises receiving, from the UE over the uplink channel, the second setof uplink channel transmission repetitions with the first subset and thesecond subset based on the number threshold.

In Clause 34, the method of any of Clauses 29-33 includes transmitting,to the UE over a downlink channel through semi-static or dynamicsignaling, a configuration indicating a percentage threshold, whereinthe receiving the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitionscomprises receiving, from the UE over the uplink channel, the second setof uplink channel transmission repetitions with the first subset and thesecond subset based on the percentage threshold.

In Clause 35, the method of any of Clauses 29-34 includes transmitting,to the UE over a downlink channel, control information indicating afirst physical layer (PHY) priority or a second PHY priority associatedwith the first set of uplink channel transmission repetitions, the firstPHY priority being higher than the second PHY priority.

In Clause 36, the method of any of Clauses 29-35 includes that thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions comprising thefirst subset and the second subset is received with a same number oftotal repetitions as the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions.

In Clause 37, the method of any of Clauses 29-36 includes that thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions comprising thefirst subset and excluding the second subset is received with a samenumber of dropped repetitions as the first subset of the first set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions.

In Clause 38, the method of any of Clauses 29-37 includes that thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is received with afirst number of repetition occasions greater than a second number ofrepetition occasions used in the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions.

In Clause 39, the method of any of Clauses 29-38 includes that the firstnumber of repetition occasions includes uplink channel transmissionrepetitions on non-consecutive occasions of the first number ofrepetition occasions.

In Clause 40, the method of any of Clauses 29-39 includes that thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is received with asame repetition pattern as the first set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions.

In Clause 41, the method of any of Clauses 29-40 includes that thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is received withuplink channel transmission repetitions separated by a same intervalbetween two adjacent repetitions as the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions.

In Clause 42, the method of any of Clauses 29-41 includes that thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is received with adifferent repetition pattern than the first set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions.

In Clause 43, the method of any of Clauses 29-42 includes that thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions is received withuplink channel transmission repetitions separated by a differentinterval between two adjacent repetitions than the first set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions.

In Clause 44, the method of any of Clauses 29-43 includes transmitting,to the UE over a downlink channel, control information indicating aresource allocation, a predetermined repetition pattern and a startinglocation per repetition occasion for the second set of uplink channeltransmission repetitions, wherein the receiving the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions with the first subset and the secondsubset comprises: receiving a delayed transmission of the second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions at a starting repetitionoccasion based on the resource allocation; and receiving a delayedtransmission of each uplink channel transmission repetition in thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions at a designatedlocation within each repetition occasion for a number of repetitionoccasions that corresponds to a number of total repetitions in thesecond set of uplink channel transmission repetitions, wherein eachuplink channel transmission repetition in the second set of uplinkchannel transmission repetitions has one or more of a same time locationor same frequency location with a respective repetition occasion basedon the predetermined repetition pattern.

In Clause 45, the method of any of Clauses 29-44 includes transmitting,to the UE over a downlink channel through semi-persistent scheduling(SPS) signaling, control information indicating a predeterminedrepetition pattern and a plurality of K1 parameter values associatedwith a downlink data transmission; and receiving a delayed transmissionof the second set of uplink channel transmission repetitions at astarting repetition occasion of the number of repetition occasions basedon a first K1 parameter value of the plurality of K1 parameter values,wherein each uplink channel transmission repetition in the second set ofuplink channel transmission repetitions has one or more of a same timelocation or same frequency location with a respective repetitionoccasion based on the predetermined repetition pattern.

In Clause 46, the method of any of Clauses 29-45 includes transmitting,to the UE over a downlink channel, control information indicating apredetermined repetition pattern, wherein each interval between twoadjacent repetitions of the second set of uplink channel transmissionrepetitions is not lesser than an interval included in the predeterminedrepetition pattern.

Clause 47 is a device including one or more processors and one or morememories in electronic communication with the one or more processorsstoring instructions executable by the one or more processors to causethe system or apparatus to implement a method as in any of Clauses 29 to46.

Clause 48 is a system or apparatus including means for implementing amethod or realizing an apparatus as in any of Clauses 29 to 46.

Clause 49 is a non-transitory computer readable medium storinginstructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one ormore processors to implement a method as in any of Clauses 29 to 46.

It is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in theprocesses/flowcharts disclosed is an illustration of example approaches.Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific orderor hierarchy of blocks in the processes/flowcharts may be rearranged.Further, some blocks may be combined or omitted. The accompanying methodclaims present elements of the various blocks in a sample order, and arenot meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.

The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in theart to practice the various aspects described herein. Variousmodifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilledin the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied toother aspects. Thus, the claims are not intended to be limited to theaspects shown herein, but is to be accorded the full scope consistentwith the language claims, wherein reference to an element in thesingular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless specificallyso stated, but rather “one or more.”. Terms such as “if,” “when,” and“while” should be interpreted to mean “under the condition that” ratherthan imply an immediate temporal relationship or reaction. That is,these phrases, e.g., “when,” do not imply an immediate action inresponse to or during the occurrence of an action, but simply imply thatif a condition is met then an action will occur, but without requiring aspecific or immediate time constraint for the action to occur. The word“exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, orillustration.”. Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is notnecessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over otheraspects. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers toone or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C,” “one ormore of A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” “one or more of A,B, and C,” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” include anycombination of A, B, and/or C, and may include multiples of A, multiplesof B, or multiples of C. Specifically, combinations such as “at leastone of A, B, or C,” “one or more of A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B,and C,” “one or more of A, B, and C,” and “A, B, C, or any combinationthereof” may be A only, B only, C only, A and B, A and C, B and C, or Aand B and C, where any such combinations may contain one or more memberor members of A, B, or C. All structural and functional equivalents tothe elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosurethat are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill inthe art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are intendedto be encompassed by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein isintended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether suchdisclosure is explicitly recited in the claims. The words “module,”“mechanism,” “element,” “device,” and the like may not be a substitutefor the word “means.”. As such, no claim element is to be construed as ameans plus function unless the element is expressly recited using thephrase “means for.”.

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 41. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising: a transceiver; at least one processor; and a memory, coupled to the at least one processor and the transceiver, storing computer executable code which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to: obtain data for repeated uplink transmissions via a first set of uplink resources; and transmitting, via the transceiver, the repeated uplink transmissions of the data via a second set of uplink resources and a first subset of the first set of uplink resources based on a determination that at least one uplink resource of the first set of uplink resources overlaps with a first downlink transmission, wherein the first subset of the first set of uplink resources and the second set of uplink resources do not overlap with the first downlink transmission.
 42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to: transmit the repeated uplink transmissions via the first set of uplink resources based on a determination that the first set of uplink resources do not overlap with the first downlink transmission.
 43. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the first subset comprises less than all of the uplink resources of the first set of uplink resources.
 44. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to: refrain from transmitting the repeated uplink transmissions via the at least one uplink resource that overlaps with the first downlink transmission.
 45. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the second set of uplink resources occur after the first set of uplink resources.
 46. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, by the transceiver via a downlink channel, control information indicating the second set of uplink resources.
 47. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the first set of uplink resources comprises a first set of uplink transmission occasions, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to: drop a first uplink transmission occasion of the first set of uplink transmission occasions based on the first uplink transmission occasion comprising the at least one uplink resource that overlaps with the first downlink transmission.
 48. The apparatus of claim 47, wherein the second set of uplink resources comprises a second set of uplink transmission occasions separate from the set of first uplink transmission occasions.
 49. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, via a downlink channel, a second downlink transmission comprising a configuration indicating a request for the UE to transmit the repeated uplink transmissions of the data via the first set of uplink resources comprising the at least one uplink resource that overlaps with the first downlink transmission.
 50. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment, the method comprising: obtaining data for repeated uplink transmissions via a first set of uplink resources; and transmitting the repeated uplink transmissions via a second set of uplink resources and a first subset of the first set of uplink resources based on a determination that at least one uplink resource of the first set of uplink resources overlaps with a downlink transmission, wherein the first subset of the first set of uplink resources and the second set of uplink resources do not overlap with the downlink transmission.
 51. The method of claim 50, wherein the method further comprises transmitting the repeated uplink transmissions via the first set of uplink resources based on a determination that the first set of uplink resources do not overlap with the downlink transmission.
 52. The method of claim 50, wherein the first subset comprises less than all of the uplink resources of the first set of uplink resources.
 53. The method of claim 50, wherein the method further comprises refraining from transmitting the repeated uplink transmissions via the at least one uplink resource that overlaps with the downlink transmission.
 54. The method of claim 50, wherein the second set of uplink resources occur after the first set of uplink resources.
 55. The method of claim 50, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, via a downlink channel, control information indicating the second set of uplink resources.
 56. The method of claim 50, wherein the first set of uplink resources comprises a first set of uplink transmission occasions, and wherein the method further comprises: dropping a first uplink transmission occasion of the first set of uplink transmission occasions based on the first uplink transmission occasion comprising the at least one uplink resource that overlaps with the downlink transmission.
 57. The method of claim 56, wherein the second set of uplink resources comprises a second set of uplink transmission occasions separate from the set of first uplink transmission occasions.
 58. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, the apparatus comprising: a transceiver; at least one processor; and a memory, coupled to the at least one processor and the transceiver, storing computer executable code, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the apparatus to: transmit, to a user equipment (UE) over a downlink channel, a first downlink transmission comprising a configuration indicating a request for the UE to transmit repeated uplink transmissions of data via a first set of uplink resources comprising at least one uplink resource that overlaps with a second downlink transmission; and receive, from the UE via the transceiver, the repeated uplink transmissions of the data via a second set of uplink resources and a first subset of the first set of uplink resources, wherein the first subset of the first set of uplink resources and the second set of uplink resources do not overlap with the first downlink transmission.
 59. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the first subset comprises less than all of the uplink resources of the first set of uplink resources.
 60. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the second set of uplink resources occur after the first set of uplink resources. 